1. Media Management Survivor Media Center Style ISLMA Conference 2005

2. Pick a topic  Access Access  Circulation Circulation  Collection Development Collection Development Collection Development  Collaboration Collaboration  Facilities Facilities  Funding Funding  Information Literacy Information Literacy Information Literacy  Planning Planning  Professional Development Professional Development Professional Development  Publicity Publicity  Reading Promotion Reading Promotion Reading Promotion  Scheduling Scheduling  Staffing Staffing  Technology Technology

3. Access  Shelf labels, signs, picture cues  Open check out time  Displays–New books, special books, etc.  Bibliographies/Bookmarks  Activities to locate materials

4. Circulation  Quantity of books  Checkout period  Overdues  Lost and damaged materials  Output measures  Parent check out

5. Collection Development  Pick a section each year  Review shelf/circulation/requests  Offer a “Mini-grants” to teachers  Select the best  Weed/disard  Use analysis (Titlewise)

6. Collaboration  Pull “best” materials  Offer to help teach, design research or tech activity  Talk to teachers lunch/lounge/hallway  Bribe with chocolate chip cookies, coffee  Attend grade level and curriculum and curriculum meetings meetings

7. Facilities  Inviting atmosphere–storybook characters, plants, posters, lighting  Traffic flow  “Family room” of the school  Furniture flexible  Equipment for all needs

8. Funding  Budget  Grants  Donations  Trash for cash  Garage sales

9. Information Literacy  Location skills  Selection skills  Utilizing information  Print, non-print, electronic  Media literacy  Media/Technology/ISBE standards

10. Planning  Daily priorities (1, 2, 3 lists)  One year plan  Three year plan  SIP–How does the media program help students succeed?

11. Professional Development  Peers in district or county  ISLMA, AASL, ICE, IRC  Journals  ISLMANET  Mentor–local or email

12. Publicity  Library issues–parent note, bookmarks, family reading strategies  Family Reading Nights  District news, web page  Local newspaper  Displays in hall  Principal’s page

13. Reading Promotion  Monarch, Caldecott, Reading Rainbow…  Summer reading challenge  Public library summer reading program  Reading Counts/Accelerated Reader  Reading passport–all areas of library  Family reading nights

14. Scheduling  Fixed or flexible or mixed  Classes or research/technology  On desk for sign up for use  Keep for records to document use  Before and/or after school times

15. Staffing  Professional–Linking guidelines  Clerical/Technical–Linking guidelines  Volunteers–Parents, seniors, community  College students

16. Technology  Training–Students and teachers  Integration into curriculum  Hardware and software solutions  Troubleshooting

17. Thanks! Stay in touch… ISLMANET-L Pam Storm 217-639-4012pstorm@charleston.k12.il.us